90sgoat
06-16-2019, 09:52 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/05/15/when-its-time-to-put-up-pippen-sits-one-out/026026c7-040b-4f65-9bc8-20438382d89e/
CHICAGO -- There's a phrase that follows Scottie Pippen around and it's anything but flattering. Pippen was a heavy-duty contributor to three NBA championship teams here. He was regarded enough to be named to the Dream Team. He was the MVP of the 1994 All-Star Game. Few players of his generation have as many skills or are capable of changing a game in so many different ways. Still, there's this phrase you hear when Pippen's name is mentioned. It's uttered most often by players. You can hear it in any gym in the NBA: "Scottie Pippen is a punk."
In locker room parlance, a "punk" is somebody who can't deliver in the clutch, somebody who either can't hit the big shot or doesn't want to take it. A "punk" in the NBA glossary is a quitter, somebody looking for an excuse or a way out.
This is why the two biggest lies in sports are: "I'd play for nothing," and "All I want to do is win." If Pippen ever utters either phrase, he's a liar. He'd rather not participate than win with Kukoc. He cared about his own shot more than winning. I dare you to find a more selfish, egotistic act in sports.
You can rest easy Pip, Lebron is like you as well.
CHICAGO -- There's a phrase that follows Scottie Pippen around and it's anything but flattering. Pippen was a heavy-duty contributor to three NBA championship teams here. He was regarded enough to be named to the Dream Team. He was the MVP of the 1994 All-Star Game. Few players of his generation have as many skills or are capable of changing a game in so many different ways. Still, there's this phrase you hear when Pippen's name is mentioned. It's uttered most often by players. You can hear it in any gym in the NBA: "Scottie Pippen is a punk."
In locker room parlance, a "punk" is somebody who can't deliver in the clutch, somebody who either can't hit the big shot or doesn't want to take it. A "punk" in the NBA glossary is a quitter, somebody looking for an excuse or a way out.
This is why the two biggest lies in sports are: "I'd play for nothing," and "All I want to do is win." If Pippen ever utters either phrase, he's a liar. He'd rather not participate than win with Kukoc. He cared about his own shot more than winning. I dare you to find a more selfish, egotistic act in sports.
You can rest easy Pip, Lebron is like you as well.